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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

my finished oatmeal quilt!

My oatmeal quilt has been finished for almost a month now. I've been procrastinating blogging about it because in order to post about it I would need decent photos of it. That still hasn't happened, but if I waited until that happened, well.....you can see where this is going. (I will save you the rant about my lack of photography skills...let's just say I have had a lot of frustration with it lately!)

Now, about this quilt....I love how it turned out!!! It's another one in my monochromatic series that I started way back when. Free piecing slabs (as found in Sunday Morning Quilts) is a great way to use many scraps of various sizes all in one quilt. I also like this technique because I like making design decisions each step of the way, watching it unfold a bit at a time, then tweaking as needed. It's my favorite way to work!

The quilting is just several rows of "e's" or "l's all looped together. It took awhile, but the texture is great. I'd definitely quilt more quilts like this! I used the piecing as sort of a built in guide for the lines, so I managed to quilt most of it without marking. I marked just a few lines here and there to keep me on track in a few small sections. It worked really well.

The pieced back was designed around the funky 'leisure suit print' and a few odd pieces of neutrals from my stash. I love piecing a back together with what I have on hand. Again, it's kind of like a puzzle. It's also like two quilts in one. Love that!

﻿For the binding, I made kind of an unpredictable choice, I think. I chose a print that when chopped up has bits of color here and there and it almost matches the backing fabric. :) The little bits of color add a little interest without stealing any of the attention from the rest of the quilt. I rather like it!

56 comments:

I'm gearing up to do a slab quilt--though not in neutrals. I definitely need to see some more projects so I can get the feel for it. It makes me a bit nervous. This is one of those things I'll be trying in order to work on being more random and less structured.

I have used your slab method as a jump start on several quilts. Uses up fabric, goes quickly, is spontaneous , and gets my imagination going. Your Sunday Morning book was my first " modern quilting" book. I think it is great!

Love the quilt, but also the binding. I love your reasoning about the almost matching color of the backing with little bits of color. I'll have to file that under "try sometime." Thanks!KathyCherry Street Quilts

Wow! This is such a beautiful quilt. I immediately thought of a few people I could make an oatmeal quilt for - it would suit them perfectly! Great choice for the binding fabric. Love the quilting - do you think a beginner could pull it off?

I love your oatmeal quilt. It's very calm and comforting. I've just bought your book the kindle version. I can't put it down and I'm in the process of sorting all my scraps!! I want to make your boxes first for all my scraps. I love the quilts too. Can't wait to try them when I've sorted my scraps:) Maggie xx

Love your Oatmeal quilt, love the neutrals....a beautiful finish!!My picture taking skills are nonexistent. I try to take a decent picture but always have my DH retake them....I don't know how to change the settings...I know I should learn but I would rather be quilting!! You know what...he is so supportive of my quilting and it is his way to be involved...he loves it!!

Reading blogs is DANGEROUS..as it gives me ideas.. ideas to challenge myself... I'm not sure I can do a tonal quilt.. maybe a tonal RED quilt.. does that count? or tonal GREEN as I have about 8,000 lbs of green fabric

I know the feeling of procrastinating posting because of bad pictures. I live in Salt Lake City and their is fires all around us and the sky looks like crap and just cant get out to take good pictures of my recent finishes.

When my niece requested these colors for her wedding quilt I thought blah-blah-blah... but then I saw yours called an oatmeal quilt and it took on a whole new feel. I loved hers when I had it finished. A local girl long arm quilted it, but I'm thinking in another year, I could maybe manage a queen on my JUKI! Maybe sooner! Love your quilt and I've just started piecing backs and it's fun and funky and not so "precise" as piecing the front!

you were in Holland. I have lived there for thrity years. love it. are you going to make a pattern for those small bags you made a while ago? I think it was you. you made them for a class or something. hope i got the right person . it has been a while. Linda Gerig

you were in Holland, Mi. i live there and have for thirty years. lovely place. don't take advantage of lake like i wish i could. are you going to make a pattern for those thread catchers you made a while back? loved them. linda gerig